AUGUST 21
1831—The Nat Turner slave rebellion begins in Southampton, Va. It was the best organized and most deadly slave revolt in American history....
GARRETT A. MORGAN
FEBRUARY 28
1708—One of the first recorded slave revolts in American history takes place on Newton, Long Island (New York). Seven Whites...
O.J. SIMPSON
September 27
1817—Hiram R. Revels is born free in Fayetteville, N.C. Revels becomes the first Black to serve in the United States Senate...
WE ARE A MIRACULOUS PEOPLE
E NOTES
By Kai EL' Zabar
Former Executive Editor
Chicago Defender
I have often found myself saying to various individuals that we are...
